Hawaiian Insects

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Plagithmysus Zankau Lupea 2569

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Plagithmysus sp. reared from dead wood of Zanthoxylum kauaense from Lupea. It emerged after only about two weeks. It clearly doesn't match any of the species from Hawaii recorded from Rutaceae or unknown hosts, but they're not always strictly host-specific.